Bill Bradley

William Warren Bradley (28 July 1943-) was the US Senator from New Jersey (D) from 3 January 1979 to 3 January 1997, succeeding Clifford P. Case and preceding Robert Torricelli.

Biography
William Warren Bradley was born in Crystal City, Missouri (near St. Louis) in 1943, and he became an all-county and all-state basketball player in high school. He declined 75 college scholarships to attend Princeton University, and he became an Olympic gold medalist in 1964 and became NCAA Player of the Year in 1965. Bradley played for the New York Knicks from 1965 to 1977, winning two championship titles. In 1978, he was elected to the US Senate as a Democrat from New Jersey, and he served until 1997; he walked the beaches from Cape May to Sandy Hook every Labor Day weekend to inspect the beaches' quality. He was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 2000.